<p>Not trying to be personal, but I see some of the guys replying here have history of getting rejected by NYU. I was just wondering why so much vitriol and that explains to some extent.</p>
<p>@ JoJoBear</p>
<p>I’m going to NYU becaus “it is” a better school than other schools I mentioned, at least in the field I look forward to work in. And that’s not based upon silly rankings or people’s overall perception, it’s based upon hard facts and my judgement.</p>
<p>But of course, I should’ve expected this, because I’m not one of those kids obsessed with college rankings and choose a school over another merely because it’s one spot higher on the ranking and therefore concluding that school must be more well-regarded by people generally (Everybody knows Wakeforest is more prestigious than Michigan, right?), but actually decide which school I will go to based upon objective facts and how it might contribute to my better future. But again, that’s just me.</p>
<p>Do you think Emory’s U.S News Ranking will go up or down this year?</p>
<p>Will this be enough for Emory to stay in the top 20?</p>
<p>Forgot about your own posts? Look, if you chose Emory over NYU based upon some mere rankings, then by all means, go there. Just don’t try to justify your decision by putting down other school you did not choose to attend. It’s pathetic.</p>
<p>Haha, then congratulations, go to Dartmouth. It’s certainly a better school than NYU, at least for undergrads. Not gonna argue about that. But I’m pretty sure you’re lying, and this just makes this post even more ridiculous than it already is. What a waste of time.</p>
<p>nah, i’m not a ■■■■■. Look, I’m not bashing NYU. All I’m saying is that I think Michigan is a better school, and more selective. Please have different opinions… (although I AM NEVER WRONG).</p>
<p>I’m not trying to bash Michigan, either. I just think NYU’s a much better school, and more selective. I don’t have problem with people thinking Michigan’s a better school because that’s their opinion and I’m sure there are a lot of people who think that(and also a lot of people who don’t think like that and that’s based upon my real life experience). But it isn’t surely more selective than NYU and past records just proves that fact. End of story.</p>
<p>I actually agree NYU is over-priced and over-hyped(Only among certain sections of the population. Not certainly among people here, lol). NYU should definitely be denounced for it’s poor financial aid system. That would be a real criticism, based upon “facts”.</p>
<p>I have no idea what you’re talking about and it still doesn’t change the fact that Michigan has admission rate of almost 50%. I couldn’t find the evidence for it being a 40% this year, btw.</p>
<p>Of course NYU should be included in the top university and is more selective than Michigan. I got into Michigan with partial scholarship aid while just admitted to NYU with no scholarship. In terms of quality of education programs offered to undergrads, NYU should be at least in Top 20, hands down. They have one of the best professors in world in their respective field. This is due to the fact that NYU has spent a lot of effort and money to bring in top-notch academics from other also very well known universities.</p>
<p>Hush now children…speaking from the perspective of someone within 50 miles of NYC, I can tell you that for people in THIS area, getting into Michigan from out-of-state is considered a very impressive accomplishment, as is getting into Tisch or Stern. Not so for the rest of NYU, which is seen as a common choice for rich kids who are determined to be in NYC and aren’t qualified to get into Columbia. But why it matters whether any school is or is not listed as a “top” school is beyond me. It’s not like anyone is evsluating a college on that basis.</p>
<p>I’m an out-of-state applicant to both Michigan and NYU(among other top colleges I applied to.) Michigan may have better reputation academic wise and NYU may have better professional programs, but for undergrad students I see almost no difference. I see that NYU has the stigma of being the school for rich kids who couldn’t get into Ivy schools, but those same kids are also pretty well qualified kids who would’ve easily gotten into other good universities. Let’s don’t talk down NYU like it is some kind of third-tier community college that exists only to serve some spoiled kids who couldn’t score above 1500 in their SATs. NYU accepts students with pretty solid numbers, even those who didn’t apply to Stern or Tisch.</p>
<p>I’m an international student and where I come from, students who apply to Michigan, USC, Carnegie, Emory and other universities in top 20 or top 30 usually also apply to NYU because they are basically seen as same level. </p>
<p>I’m really confound as to the degree of distinction some people are willing to draw between certain groups of schools and NYU. I mean we’re not comparing NYU to Harvard here. So stop this nonsense, they all share pretty much the same applicants and admitted students have very similar records. I mean average GPA of A- and SAT 2000 ~ 2100 is by no means mediocre as some people here are trying to argue, and if that’s the case, then so are many of the schools mentioned in this post. Sure, certain schools could be slightly better than the other, but in the end, it doesn’t make a god damn difference. They are all pretty good schools but not exactly where best minds of our era go to get their education.</p>
<p>Also, I think all the celebrity hype and glitz surrounding NYU has hurt its reputation academically and I assume that’s why some people in this forum are responding so negatively, but keep in mind that not all kids who go to NYU are rich or just looking for fun. There are a lot of students who want to go to NYU to pursue serious academic interests and to engage in intellectual debate. NYU has a very diverse mixture of students of different caliber, and I think most of the public schools or Top 20 schools are exactly the same.</p>
<p>Personally, I think “top” should be taken to represent “most popular” and not really “best.” Since NYU is one of the more popular college boards, that would be of a lot of help to people.</p>
<p>@Boozer
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Based on that I’d 40% was arrived by dividing enrolled students by accepted students, which is not the accepted students It seems UMich’s acceptance rate was around 50% this year. Damn, I didn’t know Umich had 6Biliion in endowment, that’s more than Upenn. What’s their financial aid like?</p>
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